DC Dalgliesh

**figheadair** · 13th June 25, 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by OC Richard

Stranger things have happened! Who knows, it might turn up someday.

DC Dalgliesh did state that it was "on loan" through from whom isn't stated. Was the peat cutter who found it the owner? In England such dug finds are property of the Crown, no?

The conditions of the loan are stated, viz being insured for 2,000 pounds and locked in a safe each night, but the duration of the loan is not.

So the questions are
1) did the cloth fragment ever exist?
2) if it did, who was considered the owner?
3) if DC Dalgliesh had the fragment on loan, was it ever returned to the owner?
4) if it exists, where is it now?

The fragment was said to resemble a MacDonald tartan, though which of the several MacDonald tartans isn't stated.

I sought clarification along those lines from them some years ago. I also questioned whether the piece had been verified at the time (late 1940s) by the National Museum - it was not, and whether it was photographed. Unsurprisingly, given that this has all the hallmarks of a marketing hoax, I never received a reply.

**RGM1** · 13th June 25, 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by Adrian

I've no rolls of tartan stock from D C Dalgliesh, there were 4 large boxes of offcuts, bags of pieces, scraps etc. It will be a while before I've sorted and Inventoried, All the stuff I have was sold to me via auctioneers Sweeney Kincaid as part of one of their monthly sales, there was only the 2 lots.

Well keep my query in mind. I would not expect a large quantity to show up. Not sure how much fabric would be needed for fly.

**OC Richard** · 13th June 25, 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by figheadair

I sought clarification along those lines from them some years ago.

I also questioned whether the piece had been verified at the time (late 1940s) by the National Museum - it was not, and whether it was photographed.

Unsurprisingly, given that this has all the hallmarked of a marketing hoax, I never received a reply.

This story does have an Allen Brothers ring to it.

However to give the Brothers due credit, had they been pressed to produce the cloth they would have done- literally.